Indiana § 21-26-1-4 "Metropolitan university"

Indiana Statutes

§ 21-26-1-4 — "Metropolitan university"

Indiana·Title 21 HIGHER EDUCATION·Art. 26 REGIONAL CAMPUSES·Ch. 1 General Provisions; Definitions

"Metropolitan university" means public facilities, faculty, and other personnel:

(1)operating primarily in a city that is classified as a second class city under IC 36-4-1-1;

(2)that were managed by Purdue University on January 1, 2015;

(3)serving a diverse student body including both recent high school graduates and adults, many of whom are first generation students, low income students, or other students balancing their education with work and family obligations;

(4)providing students with an opportunity to engage in an educational course of study that leads to a postsecondary educational degree from Purdue University;

(5)administered as a campus that emphasizes the significance and complementarity of the campus to the main campus of Purdue University at West Lafayette, Indiana; and

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"Metropolitan university" means public
facilities, faculty, and other personnel:
(1) operating primarily in a city that is classified as a second class
city under IC 36-4-1-1;
(2) that were managed by Purdue University on January 1, 2015;
(3) serving a diverse student body including both recent high
school graduates and adults, many of whom are first generation
students, low income students, or other students balancing their
education with work and family obligations;
(4) providing students with an opportunity to engage in an
educational course of study that leads to a postsecondary
educational degree from Purdue University;
(5) administered as a campus that emphasizes the significance
and complementarity of the campus to the main campus of Purdue
University at West Lafayette, Indiana; and
(6) endowed with the resources and authority, necessary or
appropriate, to carry out all of higher education's traditional
values in teaching, research, and professional service, and, in
addition, to provide leadership to a metropolitan region by using
its human resources and financial resources to improve the
region's quality of life.